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B. TORTOI-SESHELL.

GAR FENDER.

-N0. 592,555. Patented Oct. 26,1897.

11V VEN T O]? WITNESSES Attamey THE -om=|s Fergus cc PHOTD-UTHO" WASHINGTON, n. c:

ERNEST TORTOISESHELL, OF PATERSON, NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR F ON IIALF TO JAMES W. JACKSON, OF SAME PLACE.

GAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,555, dated October 26, 1897.

Application filed March 25,1897. Serial No. 629,112. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: brace-bars 6, which are pivoted at their lower Be itknown that 1.,ERNESTTORTOISESHELL, ends and are connected to supporting-bars 7 of the city of Paterson, in the county of Pasin any suitable manner; but it is intended saic and State ofNew Jersey, have invented that the said brace-bars G and supportingcertain new and useful Improvements in Can. bars 7 shall have such attachment to the Fenders; and I do hereby declare the followframe 1 that the adjustment of the fender ing to be a full, clear, and exact description may be readily attained and an attachment of the invention, such as will enable others of the same to either end of a car may be skilled in the art to which it appertains to readily secured.

IO make and use the same. The opposite side bars of the frame 1,at their This invention relates to car-fenders; and central portion, are constructed with slots 8, it consists in the construction and arrangeopening at the rear and adapted to fit over ment of the several parts which will be more the oppositelycxtending ends of a central fully hereinafter described and claimed. rod 9, connected to the hinged portions of r5 The object of the invention is to provide a the receiving-bed 10, which is formed of suitfender which is simple and effective in its able network and arranged in two sections, construction and arrangement, and which has upper and lower, each of which has movea yielding operation to break the shock conment to a greater or less degree on suitable sequent upon a fall of any one thereinto, and pivots or adjusting devices. The outer ter- 20 one which may be quickly adjusted in proper minating portion of the lower section of the operative position and attached to or dereceiving-bed has a cross-rod '11 with extached from either end of a car. tended ends pivoted in the adjacent portions In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is of the side bars of the frame, and the upper a perspective view of a fender embodying the part of the upper section is also provided 25 invention and shown arranged for use. Fig. with a rod or bar 12, having extended ends 2 is a similar View of the fender arranged to 13, movably mounted in slots 14 in the adjabe detached or in an abnormal position; Fig. cent portions of the side bars of the frame 1.

3 is a detail perspective view, on an enlarged On the side bars of the frame 1, near the scale, of one of the toothed catches employed slots 14, are attached toothed catches 15,

0 in connection with the device. which are adapted to engage the projecting 8o Referring'to the drawings, wherein similar ends 13 of the rod or bar 12 and hold the numerals of reference are employed to indisame in proper adjusted position, it being cate corresponding parts in the views, the understood that the said ends 13 of the rod numeral 1 designates a rigid surrounding or bar will be so constructed as to provide a 5 frame, having at the front end thereof pairs proper engaging action with the said catches. of lugs 2, or other analogous devices, in which To the said rod or bar 12 are also secured a are slidably mounted rods 3, having conseries of springs 16, which are connected to nected to their outer ends a guard-rod 4, the rear uppermost bar of the frame 1 by which stands some distance in advance of the means of suitable eyebolts or other analogous 0 front of the fender. The rods 3 are surdevices, as at 17, which have adjusting wingrounded by coiled springs 5, located between nuts 18 in connection therewitl By means the lugs 2, and operate to impel the rods of the said wing -nuts the tension of the 3 and the guard-rod 4ioutward. The funcsprings 16 will be readily controlled. tion of the guard'rod at is to prevent injury In adjusting the fender for use the upper 5 to the fender from shocks, which will result section of the receiving'bed is arranged at an 5 upon striking any object in advance of the angle to the lower section, as fully shown in fender, and also to provide a yielding motion Fig. 1, and the ends 13 of the rod or bar 12 in picking up objects on a track or persons move through the slots 14E and are engaged who may be struck by the fender. Attached by the catches 15, which hold them in their 50 to the said frame 1, onopposite sides, are adjusted position. The adjustment of the I00 said upper section of the receiving-bed is oiz' course made with the tension of the. spring 16 still exerted thereon, and this arrangement and mode of attachment affords a yielding action to the entire receiving-bed when a weight suddenly falls thereinto, thereby avoiding shock or jar to the device, and if a person be the object caught upby the fender injury to the latter will also be prevented.

The construction of the catches 15 is clearly shown in Fig. 3, and each consists of atoothed section having a front slot 19 and pivoted at its rear end.. Below the pivotal point of said catches depends a weight-arm 20, which keeps the said toothed section in engagement with the projecting end 13 of the rod or bar 12.

p jec ng end 3 o rorl :2, wi l sa he a e th of the a ch s; but. whe he e-' ceiving-b ed is depressed by any weight deposited therein the said ends'rnov'e forward and a in h sl ts 9 and mai o n i ieadjusted.

h S v p r s o he de i re. simple. in their construction, as well as strong and durable, and can be manufactured at a 'comp a r y smal cost, The advantages o the form of fender hereinbefore set forth are manifold, and it is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the details of construction might be made for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature or spirit. of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-s- 1. In a car-fender, the combination of a jointed receiving-bed, with a rod or bar at the upper portion thereof having oppositelyprojecting ends, frame with slots therein through which the projecting ends of the rod orbar extend, and catches to engage the said projecting ends, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a car-fender, the combination of a jointed receiving-bed having a central rod with outwardly-projecting ends, and an up: v per rod also, provided with projecting ends, a

frame surrounding the receiving-bed with slots therein to receive the projecting ends of i the rods, catches situated adjacent to and co- I acting with the projecting ends of the upper rod, and a series of adjustable springs at- 3 tached to the upper rod of the receiving-bed and to an adjacent portion of the frame, substantially as and for the purposes specified. h h 'f h is n its. usual p sition, the a 1 framehaving a yielding guard-rod at the front portion thereof and slots in the opposite side bars, a receiving-bed consisting of jointed sq i ns f net Q th s i able ater a ahd having a n ral rod wi ou ward y-projec 1 s; nd and a u p ro w m la -ends projecting ends of the rod extending In a nder, th combinat f a ai through the slots in the said side bars, catches situated adjacent to and coacting with the projecting ends of the upper rod and springs t a h d o th upp r rod. an a j t ly conh ted to, n a jacen po t on f he fram substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribns" tne s s ERNES T TORTOISESHELL. Witnesses:

J. W. JACKSON, CONRAD MOELLER. 

